Crazy bug does crazy good on NatGeo!
Move over, Jiminy Cricket! If conscience comes in bug form I want mine to be...whatever this thing is. Lucky for me biologist Trond Larsen thought it was pretty spiffy too - he shot a photo of it on an expedition in Suriname and the readers of National Geographic couldn't have been happier. My story Troll Haired Mystery Bug Found in Suriname went crazy-bananans on the web this weekend, with, as of this writing, 1,000 tweets, 48,000 Facebook likes, a reprint in the Huffington Post and a mention by the lovely David Mizejewski on his Animal Planet blog (David gave me a terrific interview for my NG piece " Do Animals Get Dementia? " and is as charming personally as he is on TV. Thanks, David!). So proud to be on NatGeo and for this tiny bug to have gotten such a big audience. Just one question: When Pixar makes an animated feature out of it who should be the voice? (Bonus points if you vote for me.) Update: 49K. :D